Unrestricted license in one province entitles licensee to full license in others
The Health Professions Review Board of British Columbia, in an April 30 decision, struck down a requirement from the [...]
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For background check of licensure candidate, Nebraska can access Georgia arrest record that Nebraska would have erased
The Nebraska Supreme Court, in an April 23 decision, held that an arrest record from Georgia, which would have been erased [...]
CSG state “playbooks” aim to reduce effect of employment-related mandates such as licensing on workers with criminal record
A newly published set of state-by state "playbooks" developed by the Council of State Governments addresses how states can [...]
Remote learning meets requirement of “full-time resident graduate study”
A counseling program that included a significant amount of time of remote supervised practice was sufficient to meet a [...]
Pennsylvania surveys new immigrants’ experience of licensing as part of $422,000 federal grant
Aided by a $422,000 three year grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to reduce excessive occupational licensing [...]
Panel requires review of three-time cap on exam attempts in case of nurse candidate who tested in “suboptimal” conditions
A candidate for licensing as a practical nurse who failed the entry examination a third time won an order to have her [...]
California virtual proctoring flags one third of remote bar exams
Nearly 36% of attorney candidates who sat for the October 2020 California bar exam, administered remotely, found their [...]
Challenged license denial mandate not subject to constitutional restrictions intended for criminal law
The Supreme Court of West Virginia, in a November 12 decision, overturned a lower court's decision to strike the denial of a [...]
Therapy degree is insufficient for general counseling license, but requiring degree to mention “counseling” is arbitrary
A master's degree in musical therapy is not sufficient to obtain a general counseling license in Kansas, the state's Court [...]
Pandemic prompts waivers, wider scopes of practice nationwide Could changes become permanent?
The inability to administer traditional licensing exams, the switch to online learning, telecommuting and telehealth, [...]